How mooter compares
We're not the only LLM router. We are the one built for Claude Code.
Every score below is counted from the cells, not asserted. On routine tasks mooter aims for comparable quality at a fraction of the cost — not identical output. Where a competitor's capability is undocumented we mark it partial, never invent a win.
Eleven capabilities. Mooter is the only 11/11.
The capabilities below are derived from the real pain points of running many Claude Code sessions at once. Each tool does something well — none of the others does all eleven.
| Capability | mooter v1.39.0 | Composio AO agent os | Conductor orchestr. | Cursor Bg bg agents | Agent Teams anthropic | Codex openai | Antigravity google | Termdock multiplexer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spawn agents mooter local by default · others cloud-only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Local-first runs without the cloud | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | ✓ |
Cross-session $ savings tracks spend across every terminal | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
5-hour quota forecast predicts when you hit the wall | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Cross-session routing learning gets cheaper the more you use it | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
4-layer sandbox network · fs · secrets · config | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⚠† | ◐ |
Intent-based UX say the goal, not the model | ✓ | ✗ | ◐ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
State-of-art install wizard one path, no foot-guns | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | ✓ | ◐ | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ |
Multiplexer plugins Zellij · tmux · WezTerm · Warp | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ◐ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Orchestration locks across terminals Worktree Conductor — no two agents on one file | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Workflow visibility statusline chip always-on HUD of what is running | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Score | 11 / 11 | 1 / 11 | 1 / 11 | 4 / 11 | 3 / 11 | 4 / 11 | 1 / 11 | 2 / 11 |
Scores are derived honestly from the per-row cells, not curated to make Mooter look better. Mooter wins 5 capabilities no other tool has — cross-session $ savings, 5h quota forecast, cross-session routing learning, orchestration locks across terminals, and the workflow-visibility statusline chip — and it is the only stack that ships all 11 in one tool.
And against the routers and proxies
| mooter | Claude Code default | LiteLLM proxy | Continue.dev | OpenRouter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Hook (local) | Direct API call | HTTP proxy | IDE plugin | API gateway |
| Local models (Ollama) | ✓ T0 native | ✗ | ✓ (configurable) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Auto-routing by complexity | ✓ T0–T3 axis | ✗ Opus on all | ⚠️ rule-based | ⚠️ manual | ⚠️ tags |
| Domain routing (packs) | ✓ 7+ Moo Packs | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pre-prompt < 50ms overhead | ✓ 14ms p50 | n/a | ~80–200ms | ~120ms | ~200ms cloud |
| Code/prompts leave machine | ⚠️ T0 routes local; cloud Haiku if key set | ✓ all to Anthropic | ✓ through proxy | ✓ to cloud | ✓ via gateway |
| Pack-based specialization | ✓ Moo Packs | ✗ | ✗ | ⚠️ commands | ✗ |
| Adapter Forge (local LoRA) | ⚠️ Wave 26 (training) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Subscription-aware | ✓ tier-detect | ✗ | ⚠️ via env | ✗ | n/a |
| Live statusline HUD | ✓ 3-line | ✗ | ✗ | ⚠️ side panel | ✗ |
| Per-bash tool badge | ✓ per-call tier | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sparkline (last-10 tier mix) | ✓ inline | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| End-of-session digest | ✓ mooter digest | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Live local subagent visibility | ✓ 🐄×N live | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cost tracking per-prompt | ✓ real-time | ✗ | ✓ in logs | ⚠️ session | ✓ dashboard |
| Open source | ✓ MIT | n/a (closed) | ✓ Apache 2 | ✓ Apache 2 | ✗ (gateway hosted) |
| Free | ✓ forever | depends on sub | self-host or paid | ✓ | ⚠️ markup on API |
| Setup time | 1 command | n/a | 30+ min (config) | install plugin | sign up + key |
| Works without internet | ✓ T0 local | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Last updated unknown. Snapshot of public functionality at the time. We checked the docs. If we got something wrong, open an issue and we'll fix it.
Cursor / Copilot / Cody — and the open-source agents Cline, Aider and Roo Code — are AI coding assistants/agents, not LLM routers. They decide what to do; mooter decides which model runs each step. It complements them (run mooter under Claude Code while you use any of them elsewhere) rather than replacing them — so this table compares routers, not agents.
Snapshot reflects mooter v1.39.0. Capabilities and scores are derived, sourced, and open to correction.